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Title: Boot disk image isn't working
Post by: Jeff on October 08, 2001, 09:27:44 AM

I'm trying to install on a P133 system, but it won't boot from the CD.  I tried to make a boot disk, but everytime I try to use Rawrite, it just accesses the floppy then quits.  I've tried this on three computers and with two different disks, but all I get afterwards is a blank floppy.

Title: Re: Boot disk image isn't working
Post by: Luke Drumm on October 10, 2001, 02:23:49 AM

Hmmm....

Besides the boring issues such as not specifiying a valid path to one of the image files, the only other possible issue I can think of is one of operating system.

I haven't confirmed this myself but RAWrite may not work on an NT box due to it's Hardware Abstraction Layer getting in the way (Just like it does when trying to format a floppy disk from the command line).

If all the boxes that you've tried thus far have been NT boxes, you may want to try rawrite on a Win 95+ System instead.

Regards,
Luke

Title: Re: Boot disk image isn't working
Post by: Des Dougan on October 11, 2001, 07:19:54 AM

RAWrite does work on NT - I've used it to create boot images in the past.

Des Dougan